Word: shut
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...shows that women who give birth to fewer than two children have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who have larger broods. Part of the reason is probably that pregnancy and nursing provide the body with a sort of estrogen holiday, as the menstrual cycle is shut down for at least nine months and often a lot longer...
...Jocelyn Chadwick, a former assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of “The Jim Dilemma: Reading Race in Huckleberry Finn,” said yesterday that books should never fall under such censorship. “To censor is to shut down a child’s mind,” she said in a telephone interview yesterday. Chadwick, who has worked with schools on teaching books that some people deem as too controversial, added that thought-provoking books don’t actually cause the problems that some people fear they...
...pages of all five of the country's main dailies were virtually identical, right down to the positioning and choice of photographs and the wording of headlines and stories. On the Internet, meanwhile, where normally much greater latitude is allowed than in "old media," scores of websites have been shut down and policing of the Web tightened to such an extent that some prominent bloggers have closed down until the conference is over in protest at having their posts deleted. One blogger left a sarcastic post "wishing the Party a smooth and successful 17th Congress...
...play, 96-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 37-yard pass to sophomore receiver Matt Luft in the endzone. It was the only offensive touchdown in the game for either team.The offense started to control the game right as the ‘D’ stepped in to shut down the Lehigh attack. The Crimson possessed the ball for nearly 21 minutes in the second half. In the fourth, the defense did not allow a single first down, and the Mountain Hawks did not convert a single third down all day. In total Lehigh posted only 232 total yards...
...that, if he were before me, I would have readily forgiven him. This intensely self-critical, self-reflective stranger who is so beleaguered by shame, this art stamp collector, stonemason, fledgling artist, eventual writer, master dancer, lover, husband...Günter Grass became me, his mouth rubberbanded shut. I was him, playing dice with a religious Bavarian, discussing the future. Strange, isn’t it, the power of a good book...